there is a thread a while back about this from R. Elmers. search
contextgarden.net for detail.
I am using context 2005.31.1 and arabtex 3.11m on MacOSX , bas-ed on gwTeX.
I did play around this and found a few interesting things. The result
is simply wonderful. \placecontent and \section can appear in arabic!
1) I rename font-arb.tex to m-arabtex.tex and \usemodule[arabtex]. it
works. ( as to why it works and was it OK to do it, I cannot explain )
2) need to add at top of document , ( probably any font definition )
font-arb.tex did mention something about font macro.
\usetypescript[postscript]
\switchtotypeface[postscript]
if you did not, the body text will appear in \em .
3) there is some spurious arabic text, align left. I believe there is
bug in \startarabic ... \stoparabic code.
my request;
can Hans look over font-arb.tex, see if there need some
updating/changes. It was written way back in 1999. can font-arb be
turn into a module?
My reason;
I am hoping to write a paper using jawi script, which is supported by
arabtex. I am aware of omega, aleph + context , xetex. but,
unfortunately, these 3 doesn't have the necessary jawi glyph.
with a bit of polishing, it believe arabext and context would be a
great tool for me.
many thanks in advance.
minimal test file below
=============== test.tex ===========================
\usemodule[arabtex]
\usetypescript[postscript]
\switchtotypeface[postscript]
% without this lines, body font appear in \em
\setarab % \<..> will not work if we skip this
\novocalize
\starttext
\placecontent
\section{\<mu.hammad>} % short arabic use \< .. >
\startarabic
mu.hammad 'i_d q"aAm zay"d" + i_d yaqUm zyd + A_d zyd q"aAm
mu.hammad 'i_d q"aAm zay"d" + i_d yaqUm zyd + A_d zyd q"aAm
\stoparabic
\section{\<al-maq.sad>}
\startarabic
mu.hammad 'i_d q"aAm zay"d" + i_d yaqUm zyd + A_d zyd q"aAm
\stoparabic
\stoptext
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zamri